Crossword clues for rosaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rosary \Ro"sa*ry\, n.; pl. Rosaries. [LL. rosarium a string of beads, L. rosarium a place planted with roses, rosa a rose: cf. F. rosaire. See Rose.]
A bed of roses, or place where roses grow. ``Thick rosaries of scented thorn.''
--Tennyson.-
(R.C.Ch.) A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are counted.
His idolized book, and the whole rosary of his prayers.
--Milton.Note: A rosary consists of fifteen decades. Each decade contains ten Ave Marias marked by small beads, preceded by a Paternoster, marked by a larger bead, and concluded by a Gloria Patri. Five decades make a chaplet, a third part of the rosary.
--Bp. Fitzpatrick. -
A chapelet; a garland; a series or collection, as of beautiful thoughts or of literary selections.
Every day propound to yourself a rosary or chaplet of good works to present to God at night.
--Jer. Taylor. -
A coin bearing the figure of a rose, fraudulently circulated in Ireland in the 13th century for a penny.
Rosary shell (Zo["o]l.), any marine gastropod shell of the genus Monodonta. They are top-shaped, bright-colored and pearly.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of rosary English)
Usage examples of "rosaries".
She'd told me once that she wished she could throw them all out, but it seemed wicked to throw away rosaries and prayer books.
Old ladies scattered throughout the giant nave said their rosaries with lips moving in silence.
Crosses, rosaries, crucifixes of gold and silver, ivory, plastic and alabaster.
By the end of summer my flock had rosaries to help them count their prayers.
O’Hara said Scarlett must go to church and say some Rosaries for Carreen’s recovery.
No formal Rosaries now but the same words over and over: “Mother of God, don’t let her die!
And rosaries cast aside with other paste as thieving fingers, mine, tore off a victim's diamond buttons.